separate

(noun) a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication. Synonyms: offprint, reprint.

(noun) a garment that can be purchased separately and worn in combinations with other garments.

(verb) act as a barrier between; stand between. Synonyms: divide. Examples: "The mountain range divides the two countries."

(verb) force, take, or pull apart. Synonyms: disunite, divide, part. Examples: "He separated the fighting children." "Moses parted the red sea."

(verb) mark as different. Synonyms: distinguish, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, severalise, tell, tell apart. Examples: "We distinguish several kinds of maple."

(verb) separate into parts or portions. Synonyms: divide, split, split up, dissever, carve up. Examples: "Divide the cake into three equal parts." "The british carved up the ottoman empire after world war i."

(verb) divide into components or constituents. Examples: "Separate the wheat from the chaff."

(verb) arrange or order by classes or categories. Synonyms: classify, class, sort, assort, sort out. Examples: "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?."

(verb) make a division or separation. Synonyms: divide.

(verb) discontinue an association or relation; go different ways. Synonyms: part, split up, split, break, break up. Examples: "The business partners broke over a tax question." "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage." "My friend and i split up."

(verb) go one's own way; move apart. Synonyms: part, split. Examples: "The friends separated after the party."

(verb) become separated into pieces or fragments. Synonyms: break, split up, fall apart, come apart. Examples: "The figurine broke." "The freshly baked loaf fell apart."

(verb) treat differently on the basis of sex or race. Synonyms: discriminate, single out.

(verb) come apart. Synonyms: divide, part. Examples: "The two pieces that we had glued separated."

(verb) divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork. Synonyms: branch, ramify, fork, furcate. Examples: "The road forks."

(adj) independent; not united or joint. Synonyms: separate (vs. joint). Examples: "A problem consisting of two separate issues." "They went their separate ways." "Formed a separate church."

(adj) standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything. Synonyms: freestanding. Examples: "A freestanding bell tower." "A house with a separate garage."

(adj) separated according to race, sex, class, or religion. Examples: "Separate but equal." "Girls and boys in separate classes."

(adj) have the connection undone; having become separate. Synonyms: disjoined.